Immigration Law Leads to Spike in Records Requests

The recent change in federal immigration policy is causing a surge in transcript requests from Metro Nashville schools, officials believe. Undocumented immigrants need to prove their school record as part of new rules that allow those who entered the country illegally as children to remain and work without fear of deportation for at least two years, WPLN reports. “We expected some requests, but we really had no idea of the volume that was going to take place," Taffy Marsh, director of Metro’s records center said. "So we have hired five temporary employees to help us process that volume. … We have a 10-day turnaround time right now, and we are barely managing that."